Wednesday, June 6, 2012

The Orioles have been struggling. Yes, this is true. AS I write this
Jim Johnson has blown his first save of the year on a two-out two-run
homer from Jarrod Saltalamachia on a semi-controversial call.

Salty's long fly ball was heading for the top of the monster and it
hit off the very top of the wall, above the homerun "line" giving the
Red Sox the tie and sending the game to extra innings. The controversy
arose with a fan leaning out over the wall with his hat. The ball
appears to hit his wrist and then bounce off the top of the wall. The
umpires reviewed the hit, and gave the Sox the homer and the runs. I
believe that the fan interfered with the ball, altering its trajectory
and essentially bringing the ball on top of the wall. The umps obviously
felt that the contact was inconsequential and the runs stood.

So the Orioles are playing in extras against the Sox once again.

yes, the Orioles have been struggling as of late, but I am still not
too worried. Every team in baseball will hit a rough patch during the
season and this team has shown that is has the talent and resolve to win
games. As I type that Ronny "Battle-axe" Paulino just gave the Orioles
the lead right back with an RBI single in the top of the tenth inning.

Talent and resolve.

This Orioles team is for real, I have stated this before and will
continue to believe that until this team tanks in an utterly historic
way. This was a team that was not picked to win more than 69 wins and
they are already nearly halfway there. Will the Orioles be in the hunt
for October? Who knows? I am not fool-hearty enough to make those kind
of sweeping proclamations on June fifth. But this team is already so
much better than anyone possibly expected them to be.As I type this:
Endy Chavez just hit an RBI single to give the Orioles a two-run lead in
the top of the tenth.